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Posted By: Wolfgang
26-Sep-08 - 06:46 AM
Thread Name: Irish Songbook Index PermaThread
Subject: RE: Irish Songbook Index PermaThread
The following book comes with tunes (if known) and notes and pictures in addition to the lyrics of the songs. Some of the entries are tunes. The order of the tunes and songs is temporal (following the events, and disregarding when they have been penned).
Wolfgang
Terry Moylan (Ed.) The Age of Revolution in the Irish Song Tradition 1776 to 1815
A '98 march Advice to Paddy An 'Croppy lie down' An Gunnadóir Mac Aiodh An Spailpín Fánach Arbour Hill Athchuimhniú at Ninety-Eight Bagenal Harvey's farwell Barrosa plains Bás an Chroppí Betsy Gray Billy Byrne of Ballymanus Bold McDermott Roe Bold Robert Emmet Bonaparte's defeat Bonaparte's farewell Bonaparte's grand march Bonaparte's retreat Boolavogue BualadhRos Mhic Thriúin By memory inspired Captain Doorley and the Boyne Captain Dwyer ("Draw nigh ye sons of liberty...") Captain Fowler Cath Béal a' Mhuige Shalaigh Cockledemoy or the French invasion Corney is coming Croppies lie down Defenders' song Dialogue between Orange and Croppy Do as they do in France Down on your knees Dublin after the Union Dunlavin green Éamonn Paor Baile Uí Gháighín Edward (not the Child song) Emmet's farewell Erin go bray (not: bragh) Erin the green Faithless Bony Fallen Boney Father Murphy (different from the know Boolavogue song above) Favourite march of the Irish volunteers Fireball MacNamara's address to his pistols Freedom triumphant General Munroe General Munroe's lamentation General wonder George Reilly who fought at Port Royal Bay Green upon the cape he carmagnoles he glorious exertion of man Henry Downs Henry Joy ("An Ulster man I am proud...) Henry Joy McCracken ("Come all you Belfast people...") Henry Joy McCracken ("It was on Belast mountain...") Henry Munroe Here's a chorus Hevey's mare I am Napoleon Bonaparte Ierne United In Collon I was taken Ireland's glory Jemmy O'Brien's minuet Kelly of Killann Lady Connolly Lament for Father Murphy Laurel hill Little Jimmy Murphy Lord Cornwallis Madam Bonaparte Maidin Luan Chincíse Man is free by nature McCracken's ghost (It was night when the moon...") McKenna's dream Michael Dwyer ("At lenght brave Michael Dwyer...") Michael Dwyer ("Have you heard of Michael Dwyer...") Michael Dwyer's lament Mrs. McGrath My Emmet's no more Napoleon Bonaparte Napoleon Bonaparte's farewell to Paris Napoleon crosing the Rhine Napoleon is the boy for kicking up a row Napoleon's dream Napoleon's lamentation Nelson's victory Ninety-eight Ó Bhean an Tí Oh! Breath not his name Oliver's advice Paddy's advice Paíd O'Donoghue Plant, plant the tree Préachan Chill Chainnigh Ráiteachas na Tairngreacht Requiem for the Croppies Rodney's glory Rody MacCorley ("Ho see the fleet-foot...") Rody McCorley ("Come tender-hearted Christians...") Rouse Hibernians Saoirse Savourneen Deelish Scéal do Réab mo Chroí Ionam She is far from the land Sliabh na mBan ("eep the great departed...") Sliabh na mBan (Gaelic) Slievenamon ("Two thousand men for Ireland...") Sweet County Wexford The Ballyshannon lane The banished defender The banks of the Nile The Bantry girl's lament The battle of Kilcumney The battle of Vinegar Hill The Blarismoor tragedy The bold Belfast shoemaker The bonny bunch of roses The bonny light horseman The boys of Mullaghbawn The boys of Wexford (a variant to the above with the same chorus but different lyrics after the first verse) The boys of Wexford The brothers John and Henry Sheares The burial of Sir John Moore The cow ate the piper The Croppies' march (two different tunes) The Croppies' march The Croppy boy ("God men and true in this house...") The Croppy boy ("It was early, early in the spring...") The Croppy boy (a tune) The dead Croppy The death of Stalker Wallis (two different tunes) The death of Stalker Wallis The downfall of Paris The Dungannon convention The dying rebel The Exile of Erin The exiled Irishman's lamentation The Frenchmen The game of cards (not the English of the same title) The grand conversation on Napoleon The grand conversation under the rose The grave of Wolfe Tone the green cockade The green flag The green linet The groves of Blackpool The Isle of Saint Helena The Kinnegard slashers The lamentation of Patrick Brady The major The man from God-knows-where The mantle so green The memory of the dead The men of the West The mountain men The new Granuwale The old grey mare The Orange Yeomanry of '98 The Orangeman's apology The patriot mother The pikeman The plains of Waterloo ("As I roved out on a fine summer's morning...") The plains of Waterloo ("Come all ye loyal lovers...") The plains of Waterloo ("It being on the eight of June...") The plains of Waterloo ("Oh come all you fair young lovers...") The rambler from Clare The rebellion of 1798 The repeal of the Union The rights of man (a song) The rights of man (a tune) The rising of the moon The Rover The royal eagle The Salamanca reel The Saratoga hornpipe The shamrock cockade The Shan van Vocht The sheepfold The social thistle and the Shamrock The soldier boy The song of Prosperous The song of volunteers The Spanish volunteer The swinish multitude The three flowers The troubles The Union is welcome to Ireland The Union The wake of William Orr The wearing of the green ("Farewell I must leave thee...") The wearing of the green ("O Paddy dear and did you hear...") The wearing of the green (I met with Napper Tandy...") The West's aslep The Wexford insurgent The wheels of the world The wind that shakes the barley The wounded hussar To your tents o Erins Twenty men from Dublin town Unite and be free Up Waterloo (tune) Watty Grimes When he who adores thee Whiskey you're the devil Who killed Cock Robin? Ye sons of old Ireland